Since 2022, the U.S. poultry industry has been battling a particularly persistent strain of H5N1, or avian influenza, and more than 100 million birds have been affected over the last two and a half years. Bernt Nelson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau, said turkeys and egg layers have been hit the hardest.
In March of this year, a new sector of the agriculture industry began battling the virus- the dairy industry.
Nelson said the response to avian influenza from USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has been effective.
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